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The Aracanidae are a family of bony fishes
Actinopterygii

The Actinopterygii constitute the Class of the ray-finned fishes.The ray-finned fishes are so called because they possess lepidotrichia or "fin rays", their fins being webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines , as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii....
 related to the boxfish
Boxfish

The boxfishes are a family, Ostraciidae, of squared, Actinopterygii belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes....
es. They are somewhat more primitive than the true boxfishes, but have a similar protective covering of thickened scale plates. They are found in the Indian Ocean and the west Pacific. Unlike the true boxfishes, they inhabit deep waters, of over in depth.








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The Aracanidae are a family of bony fishes
Actinopterygii

The Actinopterygii constitute the Class of the ray-finned fishes.The ray-finned fishes are so called because they possess lepidotrichia or "fin rays", their fins being webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines , as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii....
 related to the boxfish
Boxfish

The boxfishes are a family, Ostraciidae, of squared, Actinopterygii belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes....
es. They are somewhat more primitive than the true boxfishes, but have a similar protective covering of thickened scale plates. They are found in the Indian Ocean and the west Pacific. Unlike the true boxfishes, they inhabit deep waters, of over in depth.

Classfication


Family Aracanidae
  • Genus Anoplocapros
  • Genus Aracana
  • Genus Caprichthys
  • Genus Capropygia
  • Genus Kentrocapros
  • Genus Polyplacapros